Senate Democrats proposed legislation on June 20 that would repeal an 1800s-era law they say could be used to restrict abortion and its pill form.
The law, known as the Comstock Act, prohibits the mailing of various items—including those intended to induce an abortion.
Sen. Catherine Cortez-Masto (D-Nev.), who co-sponsored the repeal bill, said “women didn’t have the right to vote or even open their own bank accounts” when Comstock was written.
“If given the power, anti-choice Republicans have made it clear that they will use this 150-year-old law to enact a national abortion ban without Congress or the American people’s approval,” she said in a press release….
